Improved hand-rubber for washing- clothes



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r. JQ coLBURN, .or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Laim Puma No. 160,603, aan Mam s, 1870.

IMPROVED HAND-RUBBER FOR WASHING CLOTHIEIS.

AThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'itmag/ concern Be it known that l, G. F. J. CoLBUnN, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State oi' New Jersey, have invented a new and `improved Hand-Rubber for Washing Clothes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in'which drawing- Figure l represents a side view of this invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Figure 3 is a sectional plan of the same, Similar letters iudicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a hand-rnbb'er-for washing` clothes, which-vis composed of one or more rollers and a soap-dish, which also serves as a Wrist-protector and a scoop, in such a manner vthat when a cake of soap is placed oil the soap-dish and the rubber is applied to the clothes to be washed, the roller or rollers, by rubbing against the soap, calTy the same down upon -the clothes, and the operation ofsoaping and rubbing is combined, l Y

After a sutlicient quantity of soap has been applied to the clothes, the cakeofsoap is removed from the soap-dish and the-washingis completed by rubbing.v `with thehand-rubber. During this operation the soap-- dish acts as a .wrist-protector.

In the drawingi The letter A represents the frarneof my hand-rubber, which is made of wood or any other suitable maf terial.

4This frame 'forms the bearings for one or more roll` ers B,'which are either plain or tinted orbeaded, or which maybe covered with or made out of' India rub- When the hand grasps the handle D the ball of the hand or the Wrist bears down upon the cake of soap and presses the same up against the roller or rollers B, and as the rubber is carried over the clothes to be washed theroller or rollers revolve against the cake of soap, and the requisite supply of soap is brought in contact with the clothes.

'After the clothes have thus been soaped, the cake of soap is removed from the soap-dish and the clothes are rubbed by means of the rollers and the rough bottom surface of the soap-dish. During this operation the soap-dish forms a protection for the wrist, and the rubbing can be completed without exposing thel hand to any injurious friction.

If desired,the soap-dish may also be used asa scoop for throwing water over the clothes on the washboard.

It is obvious that my hand-rubber, or the several parts thereof', may be constructed of di'erent materials to suit taste andconveuience iu the manufacture;

What I claim as new, and desire iso-secure by Letters Patent, is- A hand-rubber composed of one or more rollers B and a soap-dish, G, likewise forming a rubber, as set forth.

G. F. J.GOLBURN. Witnesses: y

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

